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Searle, R. C.; Macleod, C. J.; Peirce, C.; Reston, T. J.. |
We describe detailed magnetic and bathymetric studies around 13 degrees N on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a site of extensive detachment faulting. Inversion of closely spaced sea surface magnetic anomalies reveals a disorganized pattern of magnetization, with anomalies younger than anomaly 2 being poorly delineated. The Brunhes anomaly width is highly variable but averages similar to 60% of that predicted for the regional spreading rate. It is often split, both along and across axis, by apparently reversely magnetized crust. Gaps in the Brunhes anomaly match gaps in the neovolcanic zone inferred from acoustic backscatter. A strong negative magnetization is associated with the oceanic core complex (OCC) at 13 degrees 2'N (OCC1320) and is inferred to arise from... |
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Palavras-chave: Mid-ocean ridges; Oceanic core complexes; Magnetic anomalies; Microtopography. |
Ano: 2019 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00499/61031/64436.pdf |
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Escartin, J.; Mevel, C.; Petersen, S.; Bonnemains, D.; Cannat, M.; Andreani, M.; Augustin, N.; Bezos, A.; Chavagnac, V.; Choi, Y.; Godard, M.; Haaga, K.; Hamelin, C.; Ildefonse, B.; Jamieson, J.; John, B.; Leleu, T.; Macleod, C. J.; Massot-campos, M.; Nomikou, P.; Olive, J. A.; Paquet, M.; Rommevaux, C.; Rothenbeck, M.; Steinfuhrer, A.; Tominaga, M.; Triebe, L.; Campos, R.; Gracias, N.; Garcia, R.. |
Microbathymetry data, in-situ observations, and sampling along the 13°20'N and 13°20'N oceanic core complexes (OCCs) reveal mechanisms of detachment fault denudation at the seafloor, links between tectonic extension and mass wasting, and expose the nature of corrugations, ubiquitous at OCCs. In the initial stages of detachment faulting and high angle fault scarps show extensive mass-wasting that reduces their slope. Flexural rotation further lowers scarp slope, hinders mass wasting, resulting in morphologically complex chaotic terrain between the breakaway and the denuded corrugated surface. Extension and drag along the fault plane uplifts a wedge of hangingwall material (apron). The detachment surface emerges along a continuous moat that sheds rocks and... |
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Ano: 2017 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00376/48702/49049.pdf |
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